The Book, The Kite Runner, By Khaled Hosseini, is a historical fiction novel that is a biography of Amir. The Book follows Amir from a young age to his thirties. It also shows his relationships with other characters as he moves from place to place avoiding the Russian soldiers. It tells about Amir`s struggle to be accepted by his father and to understand why people treat people the way they do and be racist.
I think Khaled Hossseini`s purpose of writing this book is to share how racism affected Afghanistan in the 1960`s-1970`s. The main character, Amir, has a servant that is a Hazara while Amir is a Pashtun. In their culture, Hazaras are lower in the class system than Pashtuns and they are treated much different than them. In this quote, Assef, the neighborhood bully is putting down Hassan because he is a Hazara.
“Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns... We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans,... His people pollute our homeland... They dirty our blood.”
This quote shows the hatred and oppression that the Hazaras go through because they are seen to be the “inferior race”. Even Hassan`s play mate, Amir, doesn’t consider him a friend because the culture tells him that he isn't worth his time. I think this connects to American society, because African Americans were discriminated against for the same dumb reasons the Harzaras were. Just small differences in features. I think the author realized how heinous the racism was and now, as an adult, he wanted to reflect on that and share his thoughts and feelings at the time.
I think Khaled Hosseini does a good job illustrating the purpose of the book. He tells his feelings of unfairness and superiority. I think the author has regret because he was one of the oppressors during this time. Even though this book is fiction, i think it is based on the facts of Khaled Hosseini`s life and feelings during his age in Afghanistan.
I think Khaled Hossseini`s purpose of writing this book is to share how racism affected Afghanistan in the 1960`s-1970`s. The main character, Amir, has a servant that is a Hazara while Amir is a Pashtun. In their culture, Hazaras are lower in the class system than Pashtuns and they are treated much different than them. In this quote, Assef, the neighborhood bully is putting down Hassan because he is a Hazara.
“Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns... We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans,... His people pollute our homeland... They dirty our blood.”
This quote shows the hatred and oppression that the Hazaras go through because they are seen to be the “inferior race”. Even Hassan`s play mate, Amir, doesn’t consider him a friend because the culture tells him that he isn't worth his time. I think this connects to American society, because African Americans were discriminated against for the same dumb reasons the Harzaras were. Just small differences in features. I think the author realized how heinous the racism was and now, as an adult, he wanted to reflect on that and share his thoughts and feelings at the time.
I think Khaled Hosseini does a good job illustrating the purpose of the book. He tells his feelings of unfairness and superiority. I think the author has regret because he was one of the oppressors during this time. Even though this book is fiction, i think it is based on the facts of Khaled Hosseini`s life and feelings during his age in Afghanistan.
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